Arizona man dies while hiking Wheeler Peak

Arizona man dies while hiking Wheeler Peak

TAOS, N.M. — Officials with the Taos County Sheriff’s Office confirmed an Arizona man collapsed and died Sunday while hiking Wheeler Peak. Dispatch received a call early Sunday morning about a man who collapsed and fell near the summit of Wheeler Peak. They learned he and his wife were walking with his friends, all medical doctors. When he collapsed and fell off the trail beneath the summit, they performed CPR on him. However, their resuscitat…

Arizona doctor dies after cardiac event while hiking Wheeler Peak near Taos

The 61-year-old man suffered a cardiac event Sunday near the summit of New Mexico's highest mountain, according to a news release.

Arizona doctor dies after collapsing during cardiac event on Wheeler Peak

A 61-year-old doctor from Marana, Arizona, died Sunday (Aug. 13) near the summit of Wheeler Peak when he suffered a cardiac event and fell off a trail, according to a press release from the Taos County Sheriff Steve Miera.